TY - JOUR
T1 - #Science
T2 - The Potential and the Challenges of Utilizing Social Media and Other Electronic Communication Platforms in Health Care
AU - Gijsen, Violette
AU - Maddux, Michele
AU - Lavertu, Adam
AU - Gonzalez-Hernandez, Graciela
AU - Ram, Nilam
AU - Reeves, Byron
AU - Robinson, Thomas
AU - Ziesenitz, Victoria
AU - Shakhnovich, Valentina
AU - Altman, Russ
N1 - Funding Information:
The Screenomics Project was initially developed at the Center for Advanced Study of Behavioral Science at Stanford University, and is directly funded by grants from the Stanford University Cyber Social Initiative, the Knight Foundation, the Stanford Child Health Research Institute, the Stanford University Precision Health and Integrated Diagnostics Center (PHIND), and the Pennsylvania State University Colleges of Health & Human Development and Information Science & Technology. A.L. is supported by a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship, grant number, DGE-1656518.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2019 The Authors. Clinical and Translational Science published by Wiley Periodicals, Inc. on behalf of the American Society for Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics.
PY - 2020/1
Y1 - 2020/1
N2 - Electronic communication is becoming increasingly popular worldwide, as evidenced by its widespread and rapidly growing use. In medicine, however, it remains a novel approach to reach out to patients. Yet, they have the potential for further improving current health care. Electronic platforms could support therapy adherence and communication between physicians and patients. The power of social media as well as other electronic devices can improve adherence as evidenced by the development of the app bant. Additionally, systemic analysis of social media content by Screenome can identify health events not always captured by regular health care. By better identifying these healthcare events we can improve our current healthcare system as we will be able to better tailor to the patients' needs. All these techniques are a valuable component of modern health care and will help us into the future of increasingly digital health care.
AB - Electronic communication is becoming increasingly popular worldwide, as evidenced by its widespread and rapidly growing use. In medicine, however, it remains a novel approach to reach out to patients. Yet, they have the potential for further improving current health care. Electronic platforms could support therapy adherence and communication between physicians and patients. The power of social media as well as other electronic devices can improve adherence as evidenced by the development of the app bant. Additionally, systemic analysis of social media content by Screenome can identify health events not always captured by regular health care. By better identifying these healthcare events we can improve our current healthcare system as we will be able to better tailor to the patients' needs. All these techniques are a valuable component of modern health care and will help us into the future of increasingly digital health care.
KW - ADVERSE DRUG-REACTIONS
KW - ADHERENCE
KW - PHARMACOVIGILANCE
KW - FEEDBACK
U2 - 10.1111/cts.12687
DO - 10.1111/cts.12687
M3 - (Systematic) Review article
C2 - 31392837
SN - 1752-8054
VL - 13
SP - 26
EP - 30
JO - Clinical and Translational Science
JF - Clinical and Translational Science
IS - 1
ER -